The latest observations of algae development and nutrient levels in the western basin have provided NOAA with a more clear picture of how the algal bloom will progress. The latest outlook made on ...

Phytoplankton blooms — accumulations of microscopic algae in the surface of fresh and marine bodies of water — have complex and sometimes contradictory responses to the environments they are exposed ...

So both heavy rainfall and lack thereof can play a role in the development of harmful algal blooms. Climate change may be having a mixed effect through both of these mechanisms, and more research ...

Marine Lab recently collaborated with the University of Florida (UF), University of South Florida (USF) and North Carolina ...

in addition to algal bloom development near Monroe, Michigan. According to NCCOS, this is unusual; typically, the bloom forms first near Maumee Bay. NCCOS and other scientists at the conference ...

Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) can have negative consequences for both marine life and human health, so it can be helpful to have early warning of when they’re on the way. Algal blooms deep below ...

Great Lakes and Energy and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Harmful algal blooms are powered by the sudden growth of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae ...

This study is led by Prof. Lian Feng (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology). Algal blooms were present in nearly half of the world's 1956 ...

Green algae blooms are seen on Lake Okeechobee in Port Mayaca, Fla. on July 10, 2018. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Now that summer’s in full swing, it’s time to hit the water. But wait ...

The culprit, says Felt, were harmful algal blooms—cyanobacteria (frequently called blue-green algae) and algae that can produce toxins. A normal part of the ecosystem, these marine bacteria and ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – “Harmful algal bloom” is a three-word phrase that any lakeside resident should know – whether from experience or preparedness. Blooms grow from excess nutrient ...

Algal blooms can mean toxic fumes ... It also looked to a future as one that includes not only more coastal development, but also climate change, sea-level rise, and the ensuing saltwater intrusion.